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Thu 27 Mar 2014, 8:37 AM AEDT

In this update: Australia receives a difficult draw for next year’s Asian Cup; Richmond defender Alex Rance to miss tonight’s game against Carlton with a foot injury; F1 Champion Sebastian Vettell and American swimmer Missy Franklin named sports man and woman of the year.

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THE DRAW FOR NEXT YEAR'S ASIAN CUP HAS DELIVERED AUSTRALIA A DIFFICULT CHALLENGE.THE HOST NATION WILL PLAY AGAINST KUWAIT IN MELBOURNE, OMAN IN SYDNEY, AND HEAVYWEIGHT SOUTH KOREA IN BRISBANE.COACH ANGE POSTECOLGLOU WAS PERHAPS HOPING TO AVOID SOUTH KOREA UNTIL LATER IN THE TOURNAMENT.DEFENDING CHAMPION JAPAN WILL FACE JORDAN, IRAQ AND A YET-TO-BE-CONFIRMED OPPONENT IN THE FIRST ROUND.GROUP B BRINGS TOGETHER UZBEKISTAN, SAUDI ARABIA, CHINA, AND NORTH KOREA, WHILE THE REMAINING GROUP FEATURES THREE-TIME CHAMPIONS IRAN, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, QATAR, AND BAHRAIN.THE TOURNAMENT WILL KICK OFF ON JAN. 9, WITH THE FINAL TO BE PLAYED AT STADIUM AUSTRALIA ON JAN. 31.

RICHMOND HAS LOST DEFENDER ALEX RANCE TO A FOOT INJURY FOR TONIGHT'S ROUND TWO MATCH AGAINST CARLTON AT THE MCG.HE'S BEEN REPLACED BY DYLAN GRIMES IN THE TIGERS' LINE-UP.JACK KING HAS ALSO BEEN INCLUDED.CARLTON'S MADE TWO CHANGES, BRINGING IN KANE LUCAS AND SIMON WHITE TO REPLACE ANDREW MCINNES AND THE SUSPENDED ANDREW WALKER.

FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPION SEBASTIAN VETTEL AND AMERICAN SWIMMER MISSY FRANKLIN HAVE BEEN NAMED THE SPORTSMAN AND WOMAN OF THE YEAR.THE AWARDS WERE PRESENTED AT A CEREMONY IN KUALA LUMPUR.VETTEL BECAME F1'S YOUNGEST FOUR-TIME WORLD CHAMPION LAST YEAR, WHILE 18-YEAR-OLD FRANKLIN BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN TO WIN SIX GOLD MEDALS AT A SINGLE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS.THE GERMAN SOCCER SIDE BAYERN MUNICH WAS NAMED WORLD TEAM OF THE YEAR.AUSTRALIA'S ADAM SCOTT WAS PIPPED FOR THE BREAKTHROUGH OF THE YEAR AWAY BY MOTOGP STAR MARC MARQUEZ.